# CVE-2024-44043: WordPress Photo Gallery by 10Web plugin <= 1.8.27 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Stored XSS in the Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32wr-8pxm-hr87

## What is CVE-2024-44043?

CVE-2024-44043 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by 10Web, published on 6 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in 10Web Photo Gallery by 10Web photo-gallery allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Photo Gallery by 10Web: from n/a through <= 1.8.27.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44043?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Photo Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44043?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44043 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-44043 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Photo Gallery by 10Web

- [CVE-2022-1281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1281/): Photo Gallery < 1.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0169/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24139/): Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.5.55 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-16119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16119/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-14313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14313/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-44043 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44043 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Photo Gallery by 10Web, published on 6 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Photo Gallery by 10Web. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44043/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44043/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44043
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44043
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44043

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44043/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.